[WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

I have some birt functionality that creates a number of files and directories under web inf that remain after uninstall. I understand that i need to explicitly remove the files. I understand that the removefiles node requires a component parent and since these files arent installed there is no co

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

kkmca wrote: >> My question is do i need to create a component reference to these files >> created after installation in order to remove them? >> No, you just need a component; it doesn't have to be a component that installed the files. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

versioned files prior to installing the "new" files. Chad -Original Message- From: kkmca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:11 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by application

kkmca wrote: > > I have some birt functionality that creates a number of files and > directories under web inf that remain after uninstall. > > I understand that i need to explicitly remove the files. I understand that > the removefiles node requires a component parent and since these files >